The Chinese labor market, 2000–2016

Nabanita Datta Gupta
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Nabanita Datta Gupta: Aarhus University, Denmark, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor, 2018, No 437, 437

Abstract: China experienced significant economic progress over the past few decades with an annual average GDP growth of approximately 10%. Population expansion has certainly been a contributing factor, but that is now changing as China rapidly ages. Rural migrants are set to play a key role in compensating for future labor shortages, but inequality is a major issue. Evidence shows that rural migrants have low-paying and undesirable jobs in urban labor markets, which points to inefficient labor allocation and discrimination that may continue to impede rural–urban migration.

Keywords: Chinese labor market; rural migrants; urban residents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J31 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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